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1PROGTO
08-22-2003, 05:25 AM
The 2nd annual HotRod-A-Rama will take place tomorrow (Saturday) in Tacoma at the Swiss Tavern. ReedRacer and I attended last year, and let me tell ya it was the funnest show I went to all summer. (Aside form Pontiacs) If you like traditional stuff, and lot's of live music all day-all night, check it out. The website link is here: http://hotrodarama.com/

Here's a little description from the website:

What cars are allowed in this little shindig?
This event is specifically designed for the traditional hotrod and custom car enthusiast in mind.(If I gotta spell it out for you, you probably wouldn't understand it anyways!)Below is a list of some of the things we like and dislike.

This a pre-1965 event.

;DWe as hard core hot rodders dig:

Real magnesium Halibrand wheels!
Candy paint and primer jobs!
Hard rubber pie crust slicks!
Ford flatheads!
Anything with a HEMI in it!
3 pedals!
Hotrod ingenuity!
Split wishbones!
Crusty old dragsters and gassers!
Blowers and Hilborn fuel injection
HOP UP, RODDER'S JOURNAL, CK DELUXE
ROLL AND PLEATS, PRIMER, ROD & CUSTOM
50's style choppers and bobbers
Laid back cool folk that dig the iron
(it's all about the iron)


:PWe as hard core hot rodders don't dig:

Any Billet Wheel ( None!)
Pink or Turquoise with 80's graphics
Fuzzy Dice and Poodle Skirts
Crying Baby Dolls (PUKE!)
Velour or Tweed interiors (office furniture)
GM tilt columns
The gold chainer "1-800" mentality
Independent front ends (unless its really low!)
Trailer Queens (unless it's a drag car)
Pro-Street High Tech Street Rods
you know which ones suck!
Stockers that you are afraid to cut up!
Wannabe Harley posers!
Car show trophy whores with egos


I could go on with this but I think your starting to get a feel of the vibe we are going for. If this sounds like your kinda party, come join us for one helluva good time.
theJUDGE
08-22-2003, 01:42 PM
O.K. Brad,

I think I catch your drift for this event.....

I am planning to make a big splash at this show, here's what I have prepared to "fit right in" with the crowd:

First off I have aquired a 1983 DeLorean stainless steel sports car. I have equipped this gem with 20" billet wheels with spinners. I have then loaded the underside with a combination of teal & magenta neon lights.
Not to be outdone by any other hotshot at the show, I have added a combination of white driving & amber fog lights to the nose of this ride.
I then added lots of "boom" to supply my "Miami Vice themesong" music & a compilation of John Parr, Rick Springfield, & perhaps if the mood is right, a little MC Hammer.

To complete this mo-teef, you can find me, I will be striking a pose like the picture depicts below:
theJUDGE
08-22-2003, 01:44 PM
Now to finish off this ensanble I hope to fit right in with this crowd, but yet I want to really make a statement.

Help me decide which clothes to wear, the ones on the left, or the ones on the right of the attached picture.

And I hope they have my beverages of choice: Wine Coolers...I want to hit the Beer Garden sporting a Segrams Wild Berry Cooler.
1PROGTO
08-22-2003, 04:27 PM
Chainer ;No Brainer!

You will politely be turned away and advised of the orphan car show to the south and east. Hope you have enough gas and wine coolers. ;D

Kulture Baby!
Pontiacshack
08-22-2003, 06:35 PM
And THERE you have it!! 8)
THOR
08-22-2003, 07:05 PM
Too funny ;D ::)
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:06 PM
Alright here you go boys & girls. First pics of the 2nd annual Hot Rod-A-Rama.

The place was packed with some real c ;D ;DL iron!

Bands played tunes all day and all night: Dollar Store Cowboys, Drag Strip Riot, Dusty 45's, & of course Deadbolt.

It was good to see some legends in attendance (Mark D., ReedRacer, Pig, Lee & Feedie, Stef, Bertucci's, anyone else I forgot?)
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:07 PM
Nice 5 window coupe
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:08 PM
Fresh from the Salt Flats
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:09 PM
The main street was packed as well as the lot next to the show
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:09 PM
Now that's a Merc
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:10 PM
This has cool written all over it
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:10 PM
Did I mention the girls?
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:11 PM
The awards are too cool. Totally Forkin Nuts!
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:13 PM
Now this guy wasn't having any of that mini piston shift knob action. This is the real deal!
1PROGTO
08-25-2003, 06:18 PM
Yes, a GTO. It is none other than Pig and his new Intro Hurst Retro wheels. Way Bitchin 8)
LonnieS
08-25-2003, 06:41 PM
Totally awesome pics Brad. Right on. ;D
H.O.Goat
08-25-2003, 08:08 PM
Hey Brad, C8) 8)L pics we had a blast with you,reed racer and the shackdaddy!
REED_RACING
08-26-2003, 03:26 PM
Ya totally fun show. Not many shows where you can see cars, drink a beer, see a band and get a tattoo, all in one. Dude keep the pics coming, can't wait for next year. Pontiac Shack is now the Shackdaddy!
theJUDGE
08-26-2003, 05:07 PM
That was an awesome hardcore rod show....

I'm glad they put up with me in my Sonny Crockett costume. ;D

By the way thanks for the awesome ride in the 55' Gasser Brad, nothing like a 10 second "all over the road pass" in downtown Tacoma. :o
1PROGTO
08-26-2003, 07:12 PM
;)You Betcha!

Here my friends is a Fuel Altered Drag car
1PROGTO
08-26-2003, 07:14 PM
These dudes made their way to the show from Utah!

Can you imagine this ride? Definitely no Caddy!
1PROGTO
08-26-2003, 07:15 PM
8)Pure C ;D ;DL
1PROGTO
08-26-2003, 07:20 PM
As we were sitting there eating Pizza, listening to Dollar Store Cowboys, overlooking the vast array of Kustoms, I could hear the unique buzzing sound of the tattoo artists next to us doing their thing.

Yea, that's atmosphere!
REED_RACING
08-27-2003, 03:24 PM
I can't get over that shift knob, too cool.
1PROGTO
08-27-2003, 03:39 PM
Guess we could rig a real piston on the "three speed on the tree" setup for your '50 Pontiac that you will own someday 8)